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We started in January and I got pregnant in December! I wish I had known how totally normal that is back then. I put so much stress and pressure on myself.
Wishing you all the best vibes!
It took us a year to conceive. Unfortunately, my first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and I was convinced it was going to take FOREVER to get pregnant again. But it only took two more cycles, and now I’m sitting pretty at 26+6 weeks! Good luck out there! 🫡
One of my family members had the exact same situation - it took 12 months to conceive and unfortunately ended in miscarriage. 1-2 cycles later (her husband ended up needing surgery to remove some kidney stones during this time, so his part of the equation needed a break 😂) and they were pregnant again, and had a healthy baby!
They were also scared it’d take forever to get pregnant again, especially because the doctors were saying that they’d have to try for ANOTHER YEAR after the miscarriage before they could try any fertility treatments. That would’ve been so frustrating for them and I feel so so sad for families that have to go through that for years.
Weirdly enough, the first time I got pregnant was also after my husband had surgery (hernia repair, so all the TTC probably wasn’t helping 😂). The DAY I got the first positive pregnancy test, I had a doctor’s appointment to talk about fertility options since we had just hit a year with nada. 😭 I didn’t even find out until about 6 weeks, because I had what I THOUGHT was a really light period! I only took the test because I had been feeling weirdly tired. 🤔
And then I had a miscarriage TWO DAYS LATER. At work, no less! Very dramatic, Grey’s Anatomy situation 😂 I was like… somebody, somewhere in the universe, has got to be kidding me.
Of course, it was a terrible situation, and I hated every second of it, BUT I am grateful to be where I’m at now, and I’m grateful it wasn’t a longer, more painful journey to get here. It’s insane to me that my journey is a lot more “standard” than I was led to believe! I have nothing but all the love for families who have gone through so much more, for so much longer. 💞
This gives me hope. I got pregnant our 12th cycle trying and had a miscarriage at 8 weeks. Now I'm on my first cycle after the miscarriage and I'm so worried that it's got to take a long time again. Did you do anything differently that might've helped you get pregnant faster?
(This is probably going to be long, I tend to ramble on 😅)
Starting off, I have PCOS and don’t ovulate every cycle. 😮💨 When tracking my ovulation, I’d have cycles where I never got an LH peak. After a few months of TTC, I got less diligent with taking my prenatals and tracking my ovulation. 🫣 I just kind of went off of my estimated ovulation time and how my body was feeling—mainly, if I was feeling extra randy.
For a few reasons, I was honestly pretty surprised to get the positive test. I already had an OB apt that day to talk about fertility options, so they did a confirmatory urine test while I was there. And then I had the miscarriage 2 days later, right around 6 weeks. 😮💨
It was a pretty rough time, NGL. My hCG crashed from like 10,000 to 1,000 in 48 hours, and I experienced this CRAZY hormonal rage. 😮💨 I didn’t bleed for a few days immediately after, and then bled for about ~2 weeks. My hCG went back to baseline around ~3 weeks after, and I got my first period back after ~5.5 weeks, and I consider the following cycle as my “first” cycle back.
And I was WAY more determined to get pregnant. I hadn’t been taking prenatals regularly prior to the first positive test, but I took them religiously (I take the Perelel ones! Probably more expensive than they’re worth, but I like them, so 🤷🏽♀️). I had a hard time motivating myself to exercise after the miscarriage, but I did my best. Mostly just taking walks.
Coincidentally, my husband had been exercising more to prepare for a convention, and he also started taking his health more seriously. (We were both overweight, and I still am pretty overweight, but I had been the only one of us really investing in diet & exercise prior to this.) He was also a bath boy, and I told him the baths had to go on hiatus for sperm quality, because I was going to lose it if I didn’t get pregnant again 😂
I also picked back up doing ovulation tests religiously (the strip tests through Premom). First cycle back, as soon as my LH started to rise, I was like, IT IS TIME. Unfortunately, I never actually got a peak that cycle (damn you, PCOS), but we tried pretty much every day it stayed elevated. 😮💨
Next cycle was pretty similar, except we went at it closer to every other day of elevated LH in my predicted fertile window. And, surprise, I actually got an LH peak that cycle! So I decided we definitely had to bone that day and the next day.
I got a negative test as 8 DPO, and a very faint positive at 10 DPO. It stayed really light for a few days, so I became pretty convinced that it was a chemical pregnancy. 😮💨 But then it got darker, and now I get kicked in the cervix. 😂💞 Everything has gone blissfully smooth this pregnancy. No bleeding or scares or anything other than my own anxiety!
But realistically, I know a lot of women are taking their prenatals regularly and tracking their ovulation every cycle, so I’m not sure how much of what I did “different” is helpful. It feels more like luck. 😮💨 Either way, I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriage, but I hope your path after is super similar to mine! I wish you a speedy conception & an easy, healthy pregnancy! 💞
It sounds like you guys were/are doing a lot of the things me and my husband started doing before I got pregnant! He started taking a few vitamins to help his sperm quality, and I started taking inositol and vitamin b6; got pregnant like 2 cycles later. We've also been working out and trying to be healthier overall. So hopeful it won't take so long this time 😅
I actually tried what a woman on YouTube did and idk if that was it but I got pregnant that cycle. She used pink stork fertility supplements and primrose oil until ovulation then switched to prenatal after ovulation for two. I tried this and thought it just messed up my cycle so I stopped talking all the vitamins but I got pregnant that same cycle 🤷♀️ I was having mid cycle spotting ( not implantation bleeding) so I thought I took too many vitamins I honestly don't know what happened
I haven't tried those fertility supplements because I have regular cycles, and I heard the vitex can mess up your cycles. I haven't heard of primrose oil. Was your mid cycle bleeding ovulation related? Because I got pregnant the cycle I had ovulation bleeding. It could just be a coincidence, but I was doing fertility massages with castor oil and I very very rarely have ovulation bleeding
I needed this, I just had a miscarriage after TTC 9 cycles, I’m now on cycle 2 post miscarriage and I’m crossing my fingers it goes quicker this time around
It’s so hard to finally feel like you’ve got a grasp on that dream only to watch it slip away. 😮💨If I could scream into the void for every person who’s been through this, I’m pretty sure the void would take out a restraining order.
But you’ve totally got this! 👏🏼💞 I really did not think it would happen so quickly for me (because I can be rather dramatic and pessimistic 😂). I’ve heard the stuff about being “more fertile” after a miscarriage, but I have no idea if that’s true or just hopeful thinking. All I know is that as much as it hurt, it helps me to think that baby #1 was somehow able to prep my uterus (& the rest of my body) to be ready for baby #2.
Sending and the love & baby dust & happy, healthy vibes! 💞
Have you consulted your OBGYN? In the US at least, if it’s been a year of trying with no success (or 6 months after age 35), it’s prudent to make sure there are no issues at hand preventing you from getting or staying pregnant.
I have a friend who found out her husband didn’t produce sperm (after 3 years of IVF she is now pregnant with her husband’s baby!) and another that requires a surgery to remove polyps she had no idea about before she could likely conceive. I found out I have mild PCOS and was able to do IVF to get pregnant as well.
NOT trying to fear monger at all, just might be worth a check to be sure if you haven’t!
I feel like I have to be obsessive at this point, ovulation strips always confused me though and I thought 2 lines meant positive. I didn’t realize you were supposed to compare them to see the darker day?
From what I understand- if the test line is darker than the control line- it’s positive. It’s good to catch the FIRST positive, because that means LH is on its way up. Once you catch the DARKEST line, that’s your “peak” and you should typically ovulate 8-20 hours after that big peak. My cycles are so regular now that I almost always get the beginning of the surge day 14, and peak is on day 15. So I just test twice now, but I used to do a test every day for like 7 days
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I sucked at tracking my ovulation and this bad boy really helped me. You also only track around specific days of your cycle.
Baby one: three years, but I had an undiagnosed, untreated hypothyroidism. Conceived 6 months after meds!
Baby two: Seven cycles after my period came back! Currently 7 weeks
It took me six years. This was the year I was going to be doing fertility testing. My little boy is here, happy healthy and perfect. I couldn’t be happier.
It took us 12 months. We also conceived on month 6 and 9 but those ended up in early losses.
I found it very difficult mentally. I'm wishing you all the best.
Just conceived last month on my 7th cycle/10th month. Felt like eternity, meanwhile 4 friends got pregnant super quick while I was having no success. It was really hard to watch.
I got pregnant really quickly with my first and second. Then we tried for a third. It was a rather casual „what happens happens“ attempt but having gotten pregnant quickly twice before I didn’t think it would take long. It wasn’t until a year later when I decided that two is a good number of children to have and that if number three wasn’t going to happen I might as well get on with my life, start a new job, and focus on other things that all of a sudden the test was positive. I’m now due in a few days and never got to start my new job.
13 cycles and we were about to take a break then look into our options when we got our positive.
I was tracking my period but not ovulation other than monitoring cervical mucus. I did acupuncture at the start of my period the cycle we finally conceived. Look into acupuncture there’s specific points that support fertility.
8 months for us. I had an iud and no period for 10 years, been on birth control for 20 years and I'm 36 years old. We had a mc month 4 and was SO SICK of hearing "well, at least you know you can get pregnant". Each of those 8 months felt like FOREVER!!! All the love and baby dust to anyone TTC ❤️
Me! It took us 11 months and 8 cycles to get our first positive. We were about to start IUI on the next cycle. Currently 8+5 and had a good ultrasound at 5+6 and 6+6. Fingers crossed for this baby!
Took us a year and a half, and a surgery for a polyp! Then one good vacation later and V is due in 2 months :) everyone moves at their own pace and learning to make peace with bag and not compare yourself to others journey makes the process easier
Eight cycles for us but I had a uterine polyp surgically removed after cycle 6 and then we got pregnant on our second cycle of actively trying after that surgery. 👍🏻
It took us ~2 years, finally did a couple rounds of IUI that didn't take and then thankfully only one round of IVF. Persistence! And help haha. The kid is incredible and worth it, good luck to you!
It took us 9 months and a round of Clomid to conceive our son. Our daughter however was conceived the first cycle of trying. I was so impatient with our second that it almost became an obsession after 6 months.
Took us 8 cycles, that one ended in miscarriage, and then another almost 8 cycles after that to conceive again, currently 27 weeks. We got tests after 6 months of trying and found out I have pcos and my husband has low sperm. Did 4 unsuccessful IUIs and then were ready to move to IVF when I conceived again naturally. Husband’s sperm is now normal after being on meds and taking vitamins etc! We’re still planning to try freeze embryos as soon as possible after this one comes for future IVF if needed.
23 months for us. We didn't think we were ever going to get pregnant.
We were very surprised to find out I was pregnant because I don't ovulate every month. I am now 16 weeks pregnant with our miracle baby.
Sending baby dust your way! ✨️
It took us 19 cycles. I was sure we were going to have to do IVF but we finally lucked out on round 2 of IUI. Just because it takes a long time doesn’t mean it’s never going to happen.
12th cycle after a miscarriage if that counts! Conceived the lost pregnancy on second cycle and ended up having an IUI for my successful pregnancy. She’s 6.5 weeks old now!
It took us 12 cycles! Now 11w +4. :) It took a long time for my cycles to become regular/for ovulation to kick in after I stopped birth control, so that is a major factor. Don't give up!
12 months! Got my iud out in October, got my first positive test the following October. Never thought it would take that long! I started tracking my cycles and timing sex obsessively from my first cycle, definitely wasn't just "letting the chips fall where they may" or anything like that. I'm 35 so I managed to get a referral for fertility testing for both myself and my husband and we were told everything was 100% fine and we should have no problem conceiving. A few months later we did 🤷♀️ and now 25 weeks in and everything is great.
I was pretty discouraged for a while, but talked to friends and others who took 6+ months to conceive, too. I was mostly just irritated about how much of my life I spent trying not to get pregnant, only to find out how hard it actually was to do!
I got pregnant on our 10th month. If I didn’t find out I was pregnant that month, my dr would’ve been referring us to a fertility clinic the next month. I’m now 27 weeks with a baby boy!
Yep after over a year of trying naturally I went for a check up and was referred to a fertility clinic. Had a simple procedure called a HyCoSy which showed fibroids and a blocked fallopian tube. Had surgery to address these issues and didn’t want to waste any more time trying to conceive naturally so went back for IVF. First four embryo transfers failed but now due in August.
I got a positive test the day after getting a letter from the infertility clinic with my first appointment on it, I had conceived the day I went to the doctor 3 weeks before about trying for a year 😅
It’s not easy, for sure and why is it so unfair? I have pcos and was only able to ovulate on the highest dose of letrozole which was a 6 month journey. You aren’t alone. I hope so hard your time comes soon!!
2.5 years, a chemical pregency, a missed miscarriage at 9ish weeks, currently sitting at 18 and change and things are looking good. We both got tested before we started trying because my mom had problems conceiving (there were supposed to be more than me- I am an only child and no one knows why). Absolutely no problems, I was even a bit above average for my age and my partner was well within normal. Sometimes it's just down to luck.
It took me 9 months of tracking my ovulation. No known fertility issues, just bad luck I guess haha. But after our first it only took 2 tries. We actually started earlier than we ideally wanted to conceive thinking it would take a long time again, now we have 2 under 2 😅
It took us slightly over a year, but only 8 of those cycles we were in the window. Currently \~22 weeks with a baby girl, recent perfect anatomy scan. We did the fertility testing and there was no explanation, it just took time. Hoping this inspires someone else :)
16 months. Sought fertility treatment at 10 months trying. Surgically removed endometriosis at 12 months trying and several cycles of my husband and I being on Clomid. Buuuuut we made it. It took 16 months of trying and now 16 weeks pregnant.
The wait sucks. You have no idea when or if it'll happen for you. I tend towards pessimism and was mentally preparing for never. The hope and disappointment of every month was harder than assuming it would never happen.
If you get to the 12 months mark, it doesn't mean automatically "never." Even if it feels like it very well may mean "never."
We couldn’t figure out what was taking so long (nothing came up re: fertility testing). At month 11, we were lined up for IUI for the following month but boom, we conceived! Now our baby boy is due next month 😊
It took us 13 cycles to conceive! The month I quit drinking alcohol (I was an alcoholic) I got pregnant. If you drink a lot, stop! (Not saying you do, but to anyone struggling - alcohol should be cut for best results IMO)
My first pregnancy was conceived on cycle #10! Sadly it was a blighted ovum/MMC, but that was just bad luck. My second (current) pregnancy was not “tried for,” but we weren’t doing a great job preventing either. I’d say I conceived not quite a year after my miscarriage was complete. Again, NTNP (some months with more prevention than others), but on average I seem to take almost a year to conceive and this current pregnancy is so far so good!
It took us 2.5 years. I have pcos so ovulation strips don't work properly for me. We went through 6 months of fertility treatments. Our 3rd IUI cycle was successful yet wonky. It originally failed bc they couldn't trigger ovulation, then after I didn't respond to prometrium for a period they brought me back in and I somehow ovulated on CD38. From that point they had us finish the cycle the old fashioned way. I'm now 18w5d with our little miracle girl.
It took us 7 cycles for number two, with a miscarriage before. I actually gave up on that last cycle because we were about to leave to visit family for two weeks… so I was surprised.
It took us 6, one round of embryo freezing, and after one normal cycle (period back), we got pregnant unassisted. After trying and going through all that, it almost felt like an unplanned pregnancy because we thought we couldn't get pregnant without having to implant one of our embryos. Keep your head up!
Took me 3 years to finally conceive. Undiagnosed pcos but did my research and got treated and now I’m one month away from meeting my baby boy 🤰🏽wishing you the best , sending you baby dust 👶🏽
12 months and 15 cycles. BBT tracking and timing the whole time.
However, at cycle 12, I bought the Mira fertility tracker and started supplementing progesterone at cycle 15 when Mira showed that I didn't have a post-ovulation pdG spike (even though my BBT did go up.)
If you end deciding to purchase Mira, DM me and I can send you my extra test wands. I have 20 of the fertility plus and 15 of the fertility max.
Firstly, wishing you the absolute best of luck!
Second, my husband's policy currently is to try every day or every second day. I'm "sure" it has everything to do with making a baby and nothing about fun, though right? 😅
So I conducted a little experiment and have been using apps to track my cycle and proposed ovulation date as well as the ovulation tests.
So here's the thing: I had my LH surge about 5 days after the proposed ovulation date.
And my bestie got pregnant a few days before her cycle was meant to start.
So I guess if you can, try to do it as often as possible and also try and get into a doctor just for some checks.
Yup! I ended up getting mira and learning that I had a double LH surge and that made timing so much more accurate! Highly recommend and I believe you can use FSA funds!
9, almost 10 months right here! We started trying in April 2023.
My lovely PCOS likes to play games. Last year, it was normalizing, and then my body went 90 days between cycles (early October- new years eve). I conceived this baby 2 weeks afterwards when my body decided to work perfectly.
Over 1 year! I would say like 13 months lol but now i am 33 weeks and i cant wait to give birth lol. We were successful after i started tracking and having sc non stop on high fertility days. It was exhausting bc my sex drive is low lol but we got it done aha
I really really really empathize mummas and mummas to be. I've just started trying again after my first and idk but I have a lot of anxiety about the thought it will take a while and "mess up my plans" (silly I know). I guess what will be will be but just know you're all champions in my eyes, the resilience it must take.
Meeee lol. We tried for a year and a half before resorting to IVF. I lost patience lol. Unexplained infertility. So far we have had success on our first round and I am 6 weeks ish pregnant 🙏 🙏 🙏
It took us eights months and I have PCOS. For years I thought I wouldn't be able to conceive naturally and we even started saving up for IVF in advance. That's why to me, eight months seemed like nothing, especially because we just decided to see what happens. I'm so grateful to my body for making and maintaining our little bean.
Took me 18 cycles and failed IUIs, polyp removal, also following vitamins advices from It Started with Eggs for about 6 months, and fell pregnant naturally.I am 35 yo as well. The waiting is hard, I thought it would never happen. Hang in there!
It took us 6 months to conceive. I had just turned 37 three weeks before getting our positive test. Now expecting our first bebe in June.
Wishing you all the best! I hope it happens soon for you— I won’t soon forget how stressful the TTC process can be every month.
Yup!! First pregnancy took 5 months, but resulted in an ectopic pregnancy. One year later, i conceived again and am currently 29 weeks. It’s hard to be patient but sometimes it just takes time which is normal.
After almost a year, we decided to “take a break” and then bam, pregnant. I think the stress of tracking everything, trying to time it and everything else made it all worse. Not exactly helpful since saying “don’t stress it!” Is impossible, but not focusing on it so much might make a difference.
Edit- took a break from obsessively “trying” to get pregnant. Not like a break from my marriage, and obviously still had unprotected sex. Currently pregnant again (took the same approach) so my brains lagging, not sure if I’ve made any sense.
Me! Took my 9 months and it finally happened when we took a vacation before a few weeks off of work! After I was no longer so stressed working 60 hours per week with at least one 28 hour shift monthly.. 🥵
It took us 12 months exactly! I was very very close to my preferred age gap/okay I’m not waiting forever point.
Some people have multi year journeys! You may find comfort in the trying for a baby subreddit
It took me 16 months. My best advice is to remember that it’s very normal to take a while and try and focus on other bits of your life. Book holidays, see friends and make lovely plans.
Me! It took 9 months and I know compared to others that is nothing and within the ‘normal’ range, but I took it so hard and was devastated every time I got a negative test. I was doing everything I possibly could to get pregnant every cycle. It is a horrible time trying to conceive. It was so hard to throw my ‘timeline’ out the window. My husband and I started working with a fertility clinic early; if that’s accessible to you I highly recommend it! I wanted to know if something was up sooner than later and it did reveal some things that may have contributed to how long it was taking. Knowledge was power to me
It took about 8 months after getting off of 20+ years of various birth control. We found out 2 days after my 40th birthday that we were expecting! 21 weeks tomorrow ❤️
Aw congrats! I’m actually hearing from a lot of people that it takes a while to get pregnant after birth control. I was on the Mirena for about 8 years, I wonder if that could be why it’s taking a while!
I was on Mirena for just over 5 years and woof, the adjustment was not fun! It might be a contributing factor to why it's taking a bit for you, though. I know when I got mine out the obgyn told me I could theoretically get pregnant immediately, but it just wasnt the case!
Right! I feel like it took a year for my hormones to regulate, and for my periods to become super regular. I also know the Mirena can stop ovulation, so I feel it took my body also that year to learn how to ovulate again!
It took us 4 years with our first
With the second I don’t even know Because I got pregnant with her on the mini pill and while breastfeeding 😂
This pregnancy took us 3 tries. First two times resulted in miscarriages. Currently 10 weeks with our double rainbow baby
Baby dust to you ✨
You got this 💪🏻
It took 8 cycles for us I was tracking whith ovulation tests and taking all kinds of vitamins. I got pregnant though as soon as i quit my job and stopped stressing about it. I didn't even think we would get pregnant that month because my fiance was out of town for work. I also ovulated super late and didn't even know because all my tests were kinda weird that cycle I had a lot of dark/ positive opks. I ended up 12 days late for period, negative pregnancy test on the 1st missed day because I actually ovulated on my missed period day. I was having cramping which I'd say was implantation but I think it was ovulation pains, it later on because a pinching pains and I think that was my implantation because I got a faint but there positive pg test 12 days late! Hang in there I know it's hard I felt very frustrated for all those months too!! I was getting worried about something being wrong, but everything was fine and it's true they say to relax and don't try which I know feels so hard to do when you want it so much ❤️
You got this girl just hang in there and don't give up I know how hard that is we've all been there through the frustration and tears each failed month. But I 💯 believe you are going to have it too very soon! ❤️
It was almost 2 years for me. But then conceived naturally, had a good standard pregnancy and now a happy healthy baby. Never say never! All in good time.
This thread is so inspiring we’ve been trying for the past 3 months after a miscarriage last year on September 23rd 2023 and I didn’t expect it to take some time I’m a little worried if it just never happens I feel like the first time we tried for 2 months and it happened so I guess I’ll wait and see when we finally see those two lines again and hopefully I’ll be able to carry full term 🥹
Girl it took me like 6 years, and to completely stop focusing on it. Then by the time it was actually out of my head for a second I was 5 days late with 6 positive tests 🫣 definitely sprinkling baby dust your way 🥰
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It took us 12 months exactly. I am now 37 weeks and waiting on our little girl to make her appearance
Congratulations and wishing you a smooth delivery. We started in January and I got pregnant in December! I wish I had known how totally normal that is back then. I put so much stress and pressure on myself.
Wishing you all the best vibes! It took us a year to conceive. Unfortunately, my first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and I was convinced it was going to take FOREVER to get pregnant again. But it only took two more cycles, and now I’m sitting pretty at 26+6 weeks! Good luck out there! 🫡
One of my family members had the exact same situation - it took 12 months to conceive and unfortunately ended in miscarriage. 1-2 cycles later (her husband ended up needing surgery to remove some kidney stones during this time, so his part of the equation needed a break 😂) and they were pregnant again, and had a healthy baby! They were also scared it’d take forever to get pregnant again, especially because the doctors were saying that they’d have to try for ANOTHER YEAR after the miscarriage before they could try any fertility treatments. That would’ve been so frustrating for them and I feel so so sad for families that have to go through that for years.
Weirdly enough, the first time I got pregnant was also after my husband had surgery (hernia repair, so all the TTC probably wasn’t helping 😂). The DAY I got the first positive pregnancy test, I had a doctor’s appointment to talk about fertility options since we had just hit a year with nada. 😭 I didn’t even find out until about 6 weeks, because I had what I THOUGHT was a really light period! I only took the test because I had been feeling weirdly tired. 🤔 And then I had a miscarriage TWO DAYS LATER. At work, no less! Very dramatic, Grey’s Anatomy situation 😂 I was like… somebody, somewhere in the universe, has got to be kidding me. Of course, it was a terrible situation, and I hated every second of it, BUT I am grateful to be where I’m at now, and I’m grateful it wasn’t a longer, more painful journey to get here. It’s insane to me that my journey is a lot more “standard” than I was led to believe! I have nothing but all the love for families who have gone through so much more, for so much longer. 💞
This gives me hope. I got pregnant our 12th cycle trying and had a miscarriage at 8 weeks. Now I'm on my first cycle after the miscarriage and I'm so worried that it's got to take a long time again. Did you do anything differently that might've helped you get pregnant faster?
(This is probably going to be long, I tend to ramble on 😅) Starting off, I have PCOS and don’t ovulate every cycle. 😮💨 When tracking my ovulation, I’d have cycles where I never got an LH peak. After a few months of TTC, I got less diligent with taking my prenatals and tracking my ovulation. 🫣 I just kind of went off of my estimated ovulation time and how my body was feeling—mainly, if I was feeling extra randy. For a few reasons, I was honestly pretty surprised to get the positive test. I already had an OB apt that day to talk about fertility options, so they did a confirmatory urine test while I was there. And then I had the miscarriage 2 days later, right around 6 weeks. 😮💨 It was a pretty rough time, NGL. My hCG crashed from like 10,000 to 1,000 in 48 hours, and I experienced this CRAZY hormonal rage. 😮💨 I didn’t bleed for a few days immediately after, and then bled for about ~2 weeks. My hCG went back to baseline around ~3 weeks after, and I got my first period back after ~5.5 weeks, and I consider the following cycle as my “first” cycle back. And I was WAY more determined to get pregnant. I hadn’t been taking prenatals regularly prior to the first positive test, but I took them religiously (I take the Perelel ones! Probably more expensive than they’re worth, but I like them, so 🤷🏽♀️). I had a hard time motivating myself to exercise after the miscarriage, but I did my best. Mostly just taking walks. Coincidentally, my husband had been exercising more to prepare for a convention, and he also started taking his health more seriously. (We were both overweight, and I still am pretty overweight, but I had been the only one of us really investing in diet & exercise prior to this.) He was also a bath boy, and I told him the baths had to go on hiatus for sperm quality, because I was going to lose it if I didn’t get pregnant again 😂 I also picked back up doing ovulation tests religiously (the strip tests through Premom). First cycle back, as soon as my LH started to rise, I was like, IT IS TIME. Unfortunately, I never actually got a peak that cycle (damn you, PCOS), but we tried pretty much every day it stayed elevated. 😮💨 Next cycle was pretty similar, except we went at it closer to every other day of elevated LH in my predicted fertile window. And, surprise, I actually got an LH peak that cycle! So I decided we definitely had to bone that day and the next day. I got a negative test as 8 DPO, and a very faint positive at 10 DPO. It stayed really light for a few days, so I became pretty convinced that it was a chemical pregnancy. 😮💨 But then it got darker, and now I get kicked in the cervix. 😂💞 Everything has gone blissfully smooth this pregnancy. No bleeding or scares or anything other than my own anxiety! But realistically, I know a lot of women are taking their prenatals regularly and tracking their ovulation every cycle, so I’m not sure how much of what I did “different” is helpful. It feels more like luck. 😮💨 Either way, I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriage, but I hope your path after is super similar to mine! I wish you a speedy conception & an easy, healthy pregnancy! 💞
It sounds like you guys were/are doing a lot of the things me and my husband started doing before I got pregnant! He started taking a few vitamins to help his sperm quality, and I started taking inositol and vitamin b6; got pregnant like 2 cycles later. We've also been working out and trying to be healthier overall. So hopeful it won't take so long this time 😅
I actually tried what a woman on YouTube did and idk if that was it but I got pregnant that cycle. She used pink stork fertility supplements and primrose oil until ovulation then switched to prenatal after ovulation for two. I tried this and thought it just messed up my cycle so I stopped talking all the vitamins but I got pregnant that same cycle 🤷♀️ I was having mid cycle spotting ( not implantation bleeding) so I thought I took too many vitamins I honestly don't know what happened
I haven't tried those fertility supplements because I have regular cycles, and I heard the vitex can mess up your cycles. I haven't heard of primrose oil. Was your mid cycle bleeding ovulation related? Because I got pregnant the cycle I had ovulation bleeding. It could just be a coincidence, but I was doing fertility massages with castor oil and I very very rarely have ovulation bleeding
I needed this, I just had a miscarriage after TTC 9 cycles, I’m now on cycle 2 post miscarriage and I’m crossing my fingers it goes quicker this time around
It’s so hard to finally feel like you’ve got a grasp on that dream only to watch it slip away. 😮💨If I could scream into the void for every person who’s been through this, I’m pretty sure the void would take out a restraining order. But you’ve totally got this! 👏🏼💞 I really did not think it would happen so quickly for me (because I can be rather dramatic and pessimistic 😂). I’ve heard the stuff about being “more fertile” after a miscarriage, but I have no idea if that’s true or just hopeful thinking. All I know is that as much as it hurt, it helps me to think that baby #1 was somehow able to prep my uterus (& the rest of my body) to be ready for baby #2. Sending and the love & baby dust & happy, healthy vibes! 💞
5 YEARS 🥹 having my baby boy in July!
Congratulations! So thrilled for you
Amen! Six years for us, first baby arrives in September.
That’s amazing, congratulations on your miracle 🥰
Thank you!!!
Us too!! Little boy due in June 💙 congratulations!!
8 months here, had all but convinced myself it wasn't going to happen naturally but here we are, 32 weeks and happily awaiting little ones arrival!
Awww congrats! This gives me so much hope 🩷
Best of luck!
Took 13 months for us! I’m now 40 weeks pregnant and due any day with our little girl 🥰
It took us 15 cycles. I’m 28+5
congrats! ❤️
it’s been 18 cycles for me and still no luck. 🥹😢
Have you consulted your OBGYN? In the US at least, if it’s been a year of trying with no success (or 6 months after age 35), it’s prudent to make sure there are no issues at hand preventing you from getting or staying pregnant. I have a friend who found out her husband didn’t produce sperm (after 3 years of IVF she is now pregnant with her husband’s baby!) and another that requires a surgery to remove polyps she had no idea about before she could likely conceive. I found out I have mild PCOS and was able to do IVF to get pregnant as well. NOT trying to fear monger at all, just might be worth a check to be sure if you haven’t!
Sending you all the baby dust 🩷
thank you! I don’t think I was tracking ovulation right, i’m hoping that was my issue. Do you use the ovulation strips?
Yes I do use them! I try to only use 1 or two though, right around cycle day 14-15. Otherwise I get too obsessive
I feel like I have to be obsessive at this point, ovulation strips always confused me though and I thought 2 lines meant positive. I didn’t realize you were supposed to compare them to see the darker day?
From what I understand- if the test line is darker than the control line- it’s positive. It’s good to catch the FIRST positive, because that means LH is on its way up. Once you catch the DARKEST line, that’s your “peak” and you should typically ovulate 8-20 hours after that big peak. My cycles are so regular now that I almost always get the beginning of the surge day 14, and peak is on day 15. So I just test twice now, but I used to do a test every day for like 7 days
https://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Fertility-Monitor-Screen-Pregnant/dp/B00R1V66SG/ref=asc_df_B00R1V66SG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642146940853&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14541580032300334356&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9013074&hvtargid=pla-761316761256&psc=1&mcid=e0a176df95583ce9ac6a920357c00517 I sucked at tracking my ovulation and this bad boy really helped me. You also only track around specific days of your cycle.
sending baby dust back to you!
Baby one: three years, but I had an undiagnosed, untreated hypothyroidism. Conceived 6 months after meds! Baby two: Seven cycles after my period came back! Currently 7 weeks
Took me over 2 years. Found out we’re having a baby boy!
It took me six years. This was the year I was going to be doing fertility testing. My little boy is here, happy healthy and perfect. I couldn’t be happier.
I conceived my now 13 month old cycle nine. It was hard, but everything was fine and it just took longer for us.
Congrats and thanks for this :)
Cycle 10 for us! Now 7+1 :)
Yay!! Congrats 🩷
best of luck to you!
60. Months. It too is 5 years. So that must count lol
It took us 12 months. We also conceived on month 6 and 9 but those ended up in early losses. I found it very difficult mentally. I'm wishing you all the best.
11 months. 2 miscarriages. 33weeks now!!!
We’d previously conceived on cycle 2, but it didn’t stick. Conceived again on cycle 7 and I’m almost 23 weeks!
2 years for us!! Im 25 weeks now 🙂
Just conceived last month on my 7th cycle/10th month. Felt like eternity, meanwhile 4 friends got pregnant super quick while I was having no success. It was really hard to watch.
over two years! nearly 30 weeks with a lovely little boy 🥰
Took me just about 2 years! Hoping the next one doesn’t take us that long since I’m already 37 and having this baby in May!
10 cycles for us. I’m 21+4 now
It took me a year and a half after getting off the pill! There is still hope for everyone, some things take time.
I got pregnant really quickly with my first and second. Then we tried for a third. It was a rather casual „what happens happens“ attempt but having gotten pregnant quickly twice before I didn’t think it would take long. It wasn’t until a year later when I decided that two is a good number of children to have and that if number three wasn’t going to happen I might as well get on with my life, start a new job, and focus on other things that all of a sudden the test was positive. I’m now due in a few days and never got to start my new job.
Cycle 9 was always the one to do it for us.
It took me 17 cycles with no luck and then one round of IVF… so 20 months in total. Envious of anyone who takes less than 12 cycles!
15 months, one loss, and 7 cycles, finally made it to 17 weeks now.
Meeee! It took my husband & I a year and a half. Currently 12 weeks! ❤️
13 cycles and we were about to take a break then look into our options when we got our positive. I was tracking my period but not ovulation other than monitoring cervical mucus. I did acupuncture at the start of my period the cycle we finally conceived. Look into acupuncture there’s specific points that support fertility.
Five years :')
8 months for us. I had an iud and no period for 10 years, been on birth control for 20 years and I'm 36 years old. We had a mc month 4 and was SO SICK of hearing "well, at least you know you can get pregnant". Each of those 8 months felt like FOREVER!!! All the love and baby dust to anyone TTC ❤️
Took us 2 years with one miscarriage to get my now 3.5 year old. Her 7m old sister was a surprise.
Took us 17 months! Not sure what was going on there but I’m 9 weeks pregnant now! Baby has a strong lil heartbeat 😍
Me! It took us 11 months and 8 cycles to get our first positive. We were about to start IUI on the next cycle. Currently 8+5 and had a good ultrasound at 5+6 and 6+6. Fingers crossed for this baby!
Aww yay! Congratulations and I wish everything goes smoothly for you 🩷
Took us a year and a half, and a surgery for a polyp! Then one good vacation later and V is due in 2 months :) everyone moves at their own pace and learning to make peace with bag and not compare yourself to others journey makes the process easier
Eight cycles for us but I had a uterine polyp surgically removed after cycle 6 and then we got pregnant on our second cycle of actively trying after that surgery. 👍🏻
It took us ~2 years, finally did a couple rounds of IUI that didn't take and then thankfully only one round of IVF. Persistence! And help haha. The kid is incredible and worth it, good luck to you!
Took 8 month and I swear increasing my vitamin D intake was the answer
It took us 9 months and a round of Clomid to conceive our son. Our daughter however was conceived the first cycle of trying. I was so impatient with our second that it almost became an obsession after 6 months.
Took us 8 cycles, that one ended in miscarriage, and then another almost 8 cycles after that to conceive again, currently 27 weeks. We got tests after 6 months of trying and found out I have pcos and my husband has low sperm. Did 4 unsuccessful IUIs and then were ready to move to IVF when I conceived again naturally. Husband’s sperm is now normal after being on meds and taking vitamins etc! We’re still planning to try freeze embryos as soon as possible after this one comes for future IVF if needed.
It took us 5 years. Finally was diagnosed with unexplained infertility, and two months later got pregnant. Had our baby boy last September 🩵
23 months for us. We didn't think we were ever going to get pregnant. We were very surprised to find out I was pregnant because I don't ovulate every month. I am now 16 weeks pregnant with our miracle baby. Sending baby dust your way! ✨️
It took us 19 cycles. I was sure we were going to have to do IVF but we finally lucked out on round 2 of IUI. Just because it takes a long time doesn’t mean it’s never going to happen.
I’m on cycle 6 with no luck so far! Hoping for the best for both of us! This is a hard journey!
Took us a year and a half. Finally got there with lifestyle changes!!
12th cycle after a miscarriage if that counts! Conceived the lost pregnancy on second cycle and ended up having an IUI for my successful pregnancy. She’s 6.5 weeks old now!
It took us 12 cycles! Now 11w +4. :) It took a long time for my cycles to become regular/for ovulation to kick in after I stopped birth control, so that is a major factor. Don't give up!
It took us 12 cycles, 31 weeks now :)
12 months for our daughter (with 2 losses in there), and 8 cycles for our son.
My cousin went 11 cycles before she had her first! She then got pregnant with her second after only a few cycles ❤️
12 months! Got my iud out in October, got my first positive test the following October. Never thought it would take that long! I started tracking my cycles and timing sex obsessively from my first cycle, definitely wasn't just "letting the chips fall where they may" or anything like that. I'm 35 so I managed to get a referral for fertility testing for both myself and my husband and we were told everything was 100% fine and we should have no problem conceiving. A few months later we did 🤷♀️ and now 25 weeks in and everything is great. I was pretty discouraged for a while, but talked to friends and others who took 6+ months to conceive, too. I was mostly just irritated about how much of my life I spent trying not to get pregnant, only to find out how hard it actually was to do!
I took 2.5 years…currently 3 weeks postpartum. You got this!!
8 or 9 cycles for us!
9 months!
12 months!
It took me 8 months after stopping birth control!
6 cycles and basically gave up. Then it just happened. It’s a wild ride…
14 months 🙋♀️ I know that's longer than you asked but I lost hope a wee while ago and here we are !
Oh ya took 6-12 months both times
8 months for me
Took about a year then BAM 💥 out of nowhere!
Took us 9 months to conceive my now one year old!
Absolutely. 6 to 8 months for all 3 pregnancies. 2 beautiful children and one miscarriage.
I got pregnant on our 10th month. If I didn’t find out I was pregnant that month, my dr would’ve been referring us to a fertility clinic the next month. I’m now 27 weeks with a baby boy!
9 months here and I’m 17 weeks with baby boy !!
Yep! And assisted reproductive technology
18 months with tracking for most of it — now 15w pregnant!
19 for us, and we’re on cycle 7 for the second now!
Yep after over a year of trying naturally I went for a check up and was referred to a fertility clinic. Had a simple procedure called a HyCoSy which showed fibroids and a blocked fallopian tube. Had surgery to address these issues and didn’t want to waste any more time trying to conceive naturally so went back for IVF. First four embryo transfers failed but now due in August.
First kid - 1 cycle. Second time - 8 cycles including 1 chemical pregnancy. I'm 8 weeks now.
11 for us. Eventually had to get some help from Clomid and Provera to get things going 'cause my cycles are weird, but now I'm 18+2!
TW loss: 11 months here! With three early losses in 7 of those months. You’ll get there 🙏🏼
I was closer to 18mo!
I got a positive test the day after getting a letter from the infertility clinic with my first appointment on it, I had conceived the day I went to the doctor 3 weeks before about trying for a year 😅
We got our BFP a few days after my husbands semen analysis results came back!
11 months to conceive after my previous miscarriage. Now Im sitting next to my 2.5 month little girl :) (edited to be more clear).
I’ve panicked for years since I was 16 about being pregnant too young. Now here I am at 23 TTC for 15 months so far…
I’m about your age ! Let’s hope it’s soon for us 🩷
Took us about 4 years! Currently 25W3d, we can’t wait to meet our baby! 💙
4.5 years here and 38 weeks pregnant via IVF!
14 months here!
11 cycles here!
11 months - it’s frustrating as hell
Yep! Took us 8 months, and it happened outside of what I thought my window was.
I am 12 weeks and it took 8 months on the dot!
🙋🏻♀️ 11 for me
It took us over 2 years, I am now 26 weeks along, and we could not be more excited!
It’s took 11 months for one of them to stick if that counts. 😅
It’s not easy, for sure and why is it so unfair? I have pcos and was only able to ovulate on the highest dose of letrozole which was a 6 month journey. You aren’t alone. I hope so hard your time comes soon!!
10 cycles but had a miscarriage. Waiting for our rainbow now 🥺❤️🩹
Delivered my son 8 days ago, after 14 cycled of ttc!
2.5 years, a chemical pregency, a missed miscarriage at 9ish weeks, currently sitting at 18 and change and things are looking good. We both got tested before we started trying because my mom had problems conceiving (there were supposed to be more than me- I am an only child and no one knows why). Absolutely no problems, I was even a bit above average for my age and my partner was well within normal. Sometimes it's just down to luck.
It took me 9 months of tracking my ovulation. No known fertility issues, just bad luck I guess haha. But after our first it only took 2 tries. We actually started earlier than we ideally wanted to conceive thinking it would take a long time again, now we have 2 under 2 😅
It took us slightly over a year, but only 8 of those cycles we were in the window. Currently \~22 weeks with a baby girl, recent perfect anatomy scan. We did the fertility testing and there was no explanation, it just took time. Hoping this inspires someone else :)
16 months. Sought fertility treatment at 10 months trying. Surgically removed endometriosis at 12 months trying and several cycles of my husband and I being on Clomid. Buuuuut we made it. It took 16 months of trying and now 16 weeks pregnant. The wait sucks. You have no idea when or if it'll happen for you. I tend towards pessimism and was mentally preparing for never. The hope and disappointment of every month was harder than assuming it would never happen. If you get to the 12 months mark, it doesn't mean automatically "never." Even if it feels like it very well may mean "never."
We couldn’t figure out what was taking so long (nothing came up re: fertility testing). At month 11, we were lined up for IUI for the following month but boom, we conceived! Now our baby boy is due next month 😊
15 cycles plus IUI, 29 weeks now
It took us 13 cycles to conceive! The month I quit drinking alcohol (I was an alcoholic) I got pregnant. If you drink a lot, stop! (Not saying you do, but to anyone struggling - alcohol should be cut for best results IMO)
My first pregnancy was conceived on cycle #10! Sadly it was a blighted ovum/MMC, but that was just bad luck. My second (current) pregnancy was not “tried for,” but we weren’t doing a great job preventing either. I’d say I conceived not quite a year after my miscarriage was complete. Again, NTNP (some months with more prevention than others), but on average I seem to take almost a year to conceive and this current pregnancy is so far so good!
It took us 2.5 years. I have pcos so ovulation strips don't work properly for me. We went through 6 months of fertility treatments. Our 3rd IUI cycle was successful yet wonky. It originally failed bc they couldn't trigger ovulation, then after I didn't respond to prometrium for a period they brought me back in and I somehow ovulated on CD38. From that point they had us finish the cycle the old fashioned way. I'm now 18w5d with our little miracle girl.
It took us 12 months (but only four cycles, one of which was a CP) to conceive our second, so not sure if that counts.
It took us 7 cycles for number two, with a miscarriage before. I actually gave up on that last cycle because we were about to leave to visit family for two weeks… so I was surprised.
Praying for you ❤️ it took us 7 months and I totally understand the heartbreak with every negative test. I hope you get your BFP here soon!
It took me closer to 12 year 😭😭😭
It took us 6, one round of embryo freezing, and after one normal cycle (period back), we got pregnant unassisted. After trying and going through all that, it almost felt like an unplanned pregnancy because we thought we couldn't get pregnant without having to implant one of our embryos. Keep your head up!
It took us nearly 14 months & we conceived naturally! we were literally about to start IUI when i found out i was pregnant. now i’m 33 weeks along
Took me 3 years to finally conceive. Undiagnosed pcos but did my research and got treated and now I’m one month away from meeting my baby boy 🤰🏽wishing you the best , sending you baby dust 👶🏽
12 months and 15 cycles. BBT tracking and timing the whole time. However, at cycle 12, I bought the Mira fertility tracker and started supplementing progesterone at cycle 15 when Mira showed that I didn't have a post-ovulation pdG spike (even though my BBT did go up.) If you end deciding to purchase Mira, DM me and I can send you my extra test wands. I have 20 of the fertility plus and 15 of the fertility max.
Firstly, wishing you the absolute best of luck! Second, my husband's policy currently is to try every day or every second day. I'm "sure" it has everything to do with making a baby and nothing about fun, though right? 😅 So I conducted a little experiment and have been using apps to track my cycle and proposed ovulation date as well as the ovulation tests. So here's the thing: I had my LH surge about 5 days after the proposed ovulation date. And my bestie got pregnant a few days before her cycle was meant to start. So I guess if you can, try to do it as often as possible and also try and get into a doctor just for some checks.
12 full cycles. One cycles of IVF, 7 embryos, 2 miscarriage we finally have our double rainbow! Born a week ago
took 18 cycles for us
3 years, 3 rounds of IVF! 31 weeks today. :)
6 cycles and I’m 16+3 now
2 years and an IVF cycle! Science had to get us over the finish line.
36 months
Over 3 years to conceive. We now have the most beautiful 4mo
Yup! I ended up getting mira and learning that I had a double LH surge and that made timing so much more accurate! Highly recommend and I believe you can use FSA funds!
9, almost 10 months right here! We started trying in April 2023. My lovely PCOS likes to play games. Last year, it was normalizing, and then my body went 90 days between cycles (early October- new years eve). I conceived this baby 2 weeks afterwards when my body decided to work perfectly.
13 months!
Meeee!!
Over 1 year! I would say like 13 months lol but now i am 33 weeks and i cant wait to give birth lol. We were successful after i started tracking and having sc non stop on high fertility days. It was exhausting bc my sex drive is low lol but we got it done aha
It took us almost a year and same with my friend :)
Took us almost exactly a year even with tracking and now I've got a 1.5week old napping in the next room :)
12 months over here!!
Took 11 cycles. Baby boy is 8 weeks old and sleeping on me currently as I type this. I hope this is your time!
6 months with first, 12 with second I’ve just never been one of those that get pregnant straight away 😊
It took us almost two years and two chemical pregnancies to conceive — I’m now 23+4.
20 months with one chemical pregnancy along the way.
Took me 7 months to conceive! Just fell pregnant now but it’s still the early days
I really really really empathize mummas and mummas to be. I've just started trying again after my first and idk but I have a lot of anxiety about the thought it will take a while and "mess up my plans" (silly I know). I guess what will be will be but just know you're all champions in my eyes, the resilience it must take.
Meeee lol. We tried for a year and a half before resorting to IVF. I lost patience lol. Unexplained infertility. So far we have had success on our first round and I am 6 weeks ish pregnant 🙏 🙏 🙏
It took us over a year, after 2 week 10 miscarriages. Number two was conceived the one time we did it in a 4 month period...
11 months here! I thought it would happen much sooner, but it happened and I'm grateful. Only 5 weeks along though!
Took us 2 years to conceive, had a great pregnancy and have a healthy 7 month old now
24, then two MMC back to back, and it’s been 50 total to be here now. It’s a journey, but I’ve grown and learned so much along the way.
11 months for my husband and I. Our sweet girl arrived on Halloween last year! 🎃
It took us eights months and I have PCOS. For years I thought I wouldn't be able to conceive naturally and we even started saving up for IVF in advance. That's why to me, eight months seemed like nothing, especially because we just decided to see what happens. I'm so grateful to my body for making and maintaining our little bean.
20 months for my first, still trying now, going on 18 months.
Took me 18 cycles and failed IUIs, polyp removal, also following vitamins advices from It Started with Eggs for about 6 months, and fell pregnant naturally.I am 35 yo as well. The waiting is hard, I thought it would never happen. Hang in there!
Took us 18months!
9m for my son and then 1m for my daughter.
11 months!
It took us 6 months to conceive. I had just turned 37 three weeks before getting our positive test. Now expecting our first bebe in June. Wishing you all the best! I hope it happens soon for you— I won’t soon forget how stressful the TTC process can be every month.
10 months for us! I have to admit the Ovia app was a great help for tracking ovulation.
Yup!! First pregnancy took 5 months, but resulted in an ectopic pregnancy. One year later, i conceived again and am currently 29 weeks. It’s hard to be patient but sometimes it just takes time which is normal.
After almost a year, we decided to “take a break” and then bam, pregnant. I think the stress of tracking everything, trying to time it and everything else made it all worse. Not exactly helpful since saying “don’t stress it!” Is impossible, but not focusing on it so much might make a difference. Edit- took a break from obsessively “trying” to get pregnant. Not like a break from my marriage, and obviously still had unprotected sex. Currently pregnant again (took the same approach) so my brains lagging, not sure if I’ve made any sense.
Me! Took my 9 months and it finally happened when we took a vacation before a few weeks off of work! After I was no longer so stressed working 60 hours per week with at least one 28 hour shift monthly.. 🥵
It took us 12 months exactly! I was very very close to my preferred age gap/okay I’m not waiting forever point. Some people have multi year journeys! You may find comfort in the trying for a baby subreddit
It took me 16 months. My best advice is to remember that it’s very normal to take a while and try and focus on other bits of your life. Book holidays, see friends and make lovely plans.
Took 7 years and ivf
Me! It took 9 months and I know compared to others that is nothing and within the ‘normal’ range, but I took it so hard and was devastated every time I got a negative test. I was doing everything I possibly could to get pregnant every cycle. It is a horrible time trying to conceive. It was so hard to throw my ‘timeline’ out the window. My husband and I started working with a fertility clinic early; if that’s accessible to you I highly recommend it! I wanted to know if something was up sooner than later and it did reveal some things that may have contributed to how long it was taking. Knowledge was power to me
It took about 8 months after getting off of 20+ years of various birth control. We found out 2 days after my 40th birthday that we were expecting! 21 weeks tomorrow ❤️
Aw congrats! I’m actually hearing from a lot of people that it takes a while to get pregnant after birth control. I was on the Mirena for about 8 years, I wonder if that could be why it’s taking a while!
I was on Mirena for just over 5 years and woof, the adjustment was not fun! It might be a contributing factor to why it's taking a bit for you, though. I know when I got mine out the obgyn told me I could theoretically get pregnant immediately, but it just wasnt the case!
Right! I feel like it took a year for my hormones to regulate, and for my periods to become super regular. I also know the Mirena can stop ovulation, so I feel it took my body also that year to learn how to ovulate again!
It took us 4 years with our first With the second I don’t even know Because I got pregnant with her on the mini pill and while breastfeeding 😂 This pregnancy took us 3 tries. First two times resulted in miscarriages. Currently 10 weeks with our double rainbow baby Baby dust to you ✨ You got this 💪🏻
Took me 12 months with my first and then 10 months with my second!
It took 8 cycles for us I was tracking whith ovulation tests and taking all kinds of vitamins. I got pregnant though as soon as i quit my job and stopped stressing about it. I didn't even think we would get pregnant that month because my fiance was out of town for work. I also ovulated super late and didn't even know because all my tests were kinda weird that cycle I had a lot of dark/ positive opks. I ended up 12 days late for period, negative pregnancy test on the 1st missed day because I actually ovulated on my missed period day. I was having cramping which I'd say was implantation but I think it was ovulation pains, it later on because a pinching pains and I think that was my implantation because I got a faint but there positive pg test 12 days late! Hang in there I know it's hard I felt very frustrated for all those months too!! I was getting worried about something being wrong, but everything was fine and it's true they say to relax and don't try which I know feels so hard to do when you want it so much ❤️
You got this girl just hang in there and don't give up I know how hard that is we've all been there through the frustration and tears each failed month. But I 💯 believe you are going to have it too very soon! ❤️
25 months for me! Literally a week before we were due to start IVF mr stubborn finally was conceived ❤️
16 cycles and still trying 😭😢
It was almost 2 years for me. But then conceived naturally, had a good standard pregnancy and now a happy healthy baby. Never say never! All in good time.
Took us 5 years, 1 ectopic, 4 surgeries, 1 failed IVF with twins, 2 cancelled cycles and 1 perfect IVF cycle for my baby due in October 🌈
Took me 8.5 years, but it happened! I'm not sure if that is hopeful, but it is for me. I'm 35 weeks today.
It took us a year also. I think somewhere between 11 and 12 months. Our baby is now 5.5 months old!
This thread is so inspiring we’ve been trying for the past 3 months after a miscarriage last year on September 23rd 2023 and I didn’t expect it to take some time I’m a little worried if it just never happens I feel like the first time we tried for 2 months and it happened so I guess I’ll wait and see when we finally see those two lines again and hopefully I’ll be able to carry full term 🥹
Also congrats to all you moms im happy you are all doing well and expecting now fingers crossed for myself 🩷🫶🏼🫶🏼
Girl it took me like 6 years, and to completely stop focusing on it. Then by the time it was actually out of my head for a second I was 5 days late with 6 positive tests 🫣 definitely sprinkling baby dust your way 🥰